Tricholaema

Tricholaema is a bird genus in the African barbet family Lybiidae. It was formerly included with the New World barbets in the family Capitonidae and sometimes also in the Ramphastidae.

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GENUS

KingdomAnimalia
PhylumChordata
ClassAves
OrderPiciformes
FamilyLybiidae

Observations recorded188,164

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Museum specimens

Specimen records: 396
With media: 7
Family: Lybiidae
Collections: CUMV, ROM, FMNH, WFVZ, USNM
Recorded in: Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania, South Africa

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Instance of: taxon
Parent taxon: Lybiidae
Image: TricholaemaSmit.jpg

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taxon rank: genus
Commons category: Tricholaema
topic's main category: Category:Tricholaema
taxon name: Tricholaema

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Tricholaema is a bird genus in the African barbet family Lybiidae. It was formerly included with the New World barbets in the family Capitonidae and sometimes also in the Ramphastidae.

The genus Tricholaema was introduced by the French brothers Jules and Édouard Verreaux in 1855 with the hairy-breasted barbet (Tricholaema hirsuta) as the type species. The generic name combines the Ancient Greek thrix meaning hair and laimos meaning "throat".

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